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Forward, Francis Charles Miller, son of Francis Edward Forward, F.R.C.S., of Holloway, by Jane Elizabeth Miller, daughter of John Scotland McDonald, of Antigua, Leeward Islands; b. April 7, 1898; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left July 1915; R. M.C. Sandhurst Jan. 1917; 2nd Lieut. Indian Army Dec. 21, 1917; served in the third Afghanistan campaign N. W. Frontier 1919, in Egypt Jan.- Dec. 1920, and in the Waziristan Campaign N. W. Frontier 1921-2; retired July 1922; adm. a solicitor June 1925; m. April 14, 1923, Irene Brundle, daughter of James Knight Pearce, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Forwood, Christopher Robert, son of Stanley Muspratt Forwood of Hampstead and Kitty, d. of Robert Scott of Dumfries; b. 24 Mar. 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (H); left Apr. 1927; Univ. of Poitiers 1927-8; Intell. Corps 1940-5 (Maj.); HM Foreign Service 1946-56; an importer-exporter San Francisco, retd 1986; m. 18 Dec. 1936 Constance Phyllis Maureen, sister of George Edward Desmond Halahan (qv); d. 28 Aug. 1995.

FOSS, CHARLES HERBERT, eldest son of George Smith, Canterbury Villas, Paddington, Middlesex, and Sophia Mary --- (IGI); b. 14 Jun 1829; adm. 19 Jul 1842; went to King’s Coll. London; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Mar 1846, matr. Mich. 1846; BA 1850; MA 1853; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 29 Apr 1850, called to bar 1 May 1854 (still at bar 1885); assumed surname of Foss in lieu of Smith 20 Nov 1885; m. 27 Aug 1859 Charity May, dau. of John Digenes, Foxley, Sussex; d. 30 Mar 1899.

FOSTER, ----; b.; in school list Feb 1775; left Easter 1775.

FOSTER, ALGERNON CRAWFORD, eldest son of Morgan Hugh Foster CB, Brickhill, Bedfordshire, Principal Financial Officer, HM Treasury, subsequently Governor and Dir. -Gen. Imperial Ottoman Bank, Constantinople, and Mary, dau. of George Flint; b. 1 Dec 1839; adm. 8 Jun 1853 (Scott's); d. unm. in India 26 Aug 1869.

Foster, Arthur Leslie, son of Norman Robert Foster, of Wimbledon, by Mary Leslie, daughter of John Taylor, of Cupar, Fife; b. Nov. 1, 1881; adm. Sept. 27, 1895 (H); left July 1900; Guy's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1908; Lieut. R.A.M.C. Feb. 4, 1908; Capt. Aug. 4, 1911; acting Major April 20 - July 30, 1919, and Aug. 1, 1919 - Feb. 3, 1920; Major Feb. 4, 1920; served with the Aden Field Force July 3, 1915 - Oct. 31, 1918; Lieut.-Col. Nov. 25, 1932; Col. Oct. 10, 1936; retired 1936; m. 1st Nov. 14, 1908, Edith Kate, sister of Reginald Sherriff Summerhays (q.v.); 2nd June 9, 1937, Olive Beatrice, only daughter of D. W. Jacobs, of Wrexham, Flint; d. Aug. 16, 1956.

Foster, Harry Gordon, second son of Sir Harry Seymour Foster, M. P., of Pimlico, by Amy, second daughter of John Sparks, of Eastbourne, Sussex; b. July 12, 1884; adm. from Tonbridge School Sept. 24, 1896 (A); left July 1900; a master mariner in the Mercantile Marine; served in R. N. R. in Great War I; d. at Basra, Persian Gulf, Sept. 1, 1922.

FOSTER, HEDLEY TURNER PLIMSAUL, son of Joseph W. Foster, Hogarth Road, London, solicitor; b. 13 Aug 1863; adm. (G) 27 Jan 1876; left Dec 1879; adm. solicitor Apr 1886; practised in Gracechurch Street, London, and Great Marlow, Bucks.; m. Frances ---; d. 9 Apr 1898.

Foster, John Birkhead, son of Joshua James Foster, of Upper Tooting, by Bertha Woodman, daughter of George Carter, of Lewknor, co. Oxon.; b. Jan. 21, 1894; adm. May 2, 1907 (A); left July 1912; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1912; B.A. 1915; branch sec. of the Agricultural Organization Society 1916-21; organizing sec. National Farmers Union 1921-36; president of the London Natural History Society 1939; m. Sept. 3, 1932, Oonah Elizabeth, daughter of William Geoghegan, M.B.E., of Wimbledon; d. 1970.